TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Index

Nanotechnology articles - August 2004

Professor calls for a new branch of learning
Date: 30-Aug-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology, the 'science of small things' is set to bring huge advantages in engineering, electronics, medicine and IT-- but the potential threats to ...
Source: EurekAlert,

NASDAQ Approves Arrowhead Research Corporation for Trading on ...
Date: 30-Aug-04
Excerpt: 30, 2004--Arrowhead Research Corporation (OTCBB: ARWR), an emerging company in the field of nanotechnology, announced today that NASDAQ has approved the ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

EV Group Expands UV-Nanoimprint Consortium, Sponsors Canadian ...
Date: 29-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...research on breakthrough technologies related to materials development and processing, and is considered a key player in Canada's nanotechnology research and ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

Gemz Corp. Expects its International Nanotechnology Corp. ...
Date: 29-Aug-04
Excerpt: GEMZ Corp., announced today that its subsidiary, International Nanotechnology Corp. (INC) will sample its first consumer product in the fourth quarter of 2004. ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

Microsystems and Nanotechnology in the Medical and Biomedical ...
Date: 29-Aug-04
Excerpt: Research and Markets has announced the addition of Microsystems and Nanotechnology in the Medical and Biomedical Market to their offering. ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

Focusing on the nanorealm
Date: 28-Aug-04
Excerpt: The National Institute of Nanotechnology here is intended as the main focal point for Canada's as yet largely unfocused bid to elbow into the nanorealm, a ...
Source: Toronto Star,

UK : £15m for Nanotechnology projects
Date: 27-Aug-04
Excerpt: The Department of Trade and Industry provided major boost to sunrise technology - Nanotechnology, the engineering of materials and working devices at the scale ...
Source: Fibre 2 Fashion,

Nanotech will unleash nature's potential, investor says
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: Speaking at the Hot Chips conference at Stanford, Jurvetson asserted that nanotechnology--the ability to make products on the molecular level--will usher in ...
Source: ZDNet.com

Nanotechnology is the wave of the future
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: By MB OWENS. One of the most promising industries on the horizon is nanotechnology. This is the manipulation, controlling and development ...
Source: Record-Searchlight (subscription),

Nanotechnology Conference Set for October
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: PALO ALTO, CA – Foresight Institute, a think tank that focuses on Nanotechnology, will present a conference of advanced Nanotechnology applications and ...
Source: Local Tech Wire,

Nanotech Finds Open Arms in the UK
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: In the latest move by the United Kingdom to boost its fledgeling nanotechnology industry, $15 million was awarded to 25 different applied nanotech research ...
Source: Innovation World bioTechConnect,

EV Group Expands UV-Nanoimprint Consortium, Sponsors Canadian ...
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...research on breakthrough technologies related to materials development and processing, and is considered a key player in Canada's nanotechnology research and ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Gemz Corp. Expects its International Nanotechnology Corp. ...
Date: 25-Aug-04
Excerpt: GEMZ Corp., (OTC: GMZP - News) announced today that its subsidiary, International Nanotechnology Corp. (INC) will sample its first ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

UK nanotech gets £18m government boost
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: The government yesterday moved to boost Britain's nanotechnology industry with an £18m support and incentive package. The Department ...
Source: VNUNet.com,

Nanotechnology projects win £15 million funding from DTI
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: A further £3 millionn will be given to INEX, a microsystems and nanotechnology facility for industry based at Newcastle. These ...
Source: PublicTechnology.net,

UK Nanotechnology Winners of £18 Million Government Funding ...
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology projects throughout the country were given a major boost by the Department of Trade and Industry today. Twenty five ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

New fabrics that will never get dirty
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: In total, five North West businesses have been given £18m to carry out a series of nanotechnology projects. Nanotechnology means ...
Source: ic CheshireOnline,

Research and Markets: Microsystems and Nanotechnology in the ...
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Microsystems and Nanotechnology in the Medical and Biomedical Market to ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

DoD Awards NDC $2.5 Million for Nanotech Fuel Cells
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: NDC is working with the Army Material Command at Picatinny Arsenal to use nanotechnology to produce a new class of fuel cells powered by high energy materials ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Henkel Group Develops Innovative Cleaning Solvents Using ...
Date: 24-Aug-04
Excerpt: This new cleaning solvent is rooted in nanotechnology and is just one example of the pioneering technologies currently being developed by the Henkel Group -- a ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Firms rush to apply nanotechnology to products
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: Trading companies have been bolstering their lineups of products developed through nanotechnology, which involves manipulating materials on atomic and ...
Source: Daily Yomiuri,

New "Molecular Wires" Nanotechnology to Replace Silicon
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: Brookhaven chemist John Miller, the study's lead scientist, will present the group's results on Sunday, August 22, 2004, at the 228th national meeting of the ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

Nanotechnology: Taking Charge of Molecular Wires
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: UPTON, NY, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists from the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University ...
Source: AScribe

Nanotech projects boosted by £15m funding
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: Twenty-five nanotechnology projects throughout the country - ranging from anti-corrosion coatings and electronics to water purification and printing – are ...
Source: 4ni.co.uk,

Advanced Nanotechnology Conference
Date: 23-Aug-04
Excerpt: Foresight Institute offers you several registration options to the 1st Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology. Each day of the conference ...
Source: Nanodot

Our View | Tiny technology holds big promise for local economy
Date: 22-Aug-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology -- the production of materials and devices on a very small scale -- has become a huge player in local economic development efforts. ...
Source: Centre Daily Times,

Forbes columnist declares city 'IQ Campus'
Date: 21-Aug-04
Excerpt: Sorry, English majors, but most new American wealth will be created out of gold mines such as nanotechnology, information technology and life sciences -- and ...
Source: Iowa City Press Citizen,

UO wins foundation nanotechnology grant
Date: 20-Aug-04
Excerpt: ..."This grant marks a new chapter in the success story of ONAMI helping the state lead the way in this promising industry and making nanotechnology a significant ...
Source: Bend.com,

Nanotech researchers secure more funding
Date: 20-Aug-04
Excerpt: The state of Oregon's nascent nanotechnology effort continues to rack up impressive contract wins. On Thursday, Sen. Ron Wyden and US Rep. ...
Source: Portland Business Journal,

PSU gets nanotech funding
Date: 20-Aug-04
Excerpt: Researchers at Portland State University and Washington State University received a $1 million nanotechnology grant from the National Science Foundation to ...
Source: Portland Business Journal

Biophan Reaches Major Milestone in Intellectual Property; Expands ...
Date: 20-Aug-04
Excerpt: Biophan's patents and licenses involve several cutting-edge fields of research and development, including nanotechnology and biothermal battery technology. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Biophan CEO Michael Weiner Interviewed by CBS.Marketwatch.com
Date: 20-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...the interview, Mr. Weiner discussed the recent announcement of Biophan's Joint Development Agreement with the NASA Ames Research Center for Nanotechnology. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

New Self-Assemble Building Blocks for Nanotechnology
Date: 19-Aug-04
Excerpt: This finding is important because the biggest impediment to developing nanotechnology is figuring out how to build the tiny structures, which are only as big ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

Researchers show how to assemble building blocks for ...
Date: 19-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...in programmed ways. This method could be used to fabricate new materials and devices for nanotechnology. Using computer simulation ...
Source: Innovations-Report,

Europe Concentrates Forces in the Nanotechnology Area
Date: 19-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...representing a network of 12 partners, has received a considerable grant from the European Commission to implement the nanotechnology program ‘Frontiers’. ...
Source: Innovations-Report,

Wall Street News Alert -- US Hot Stock Highlights -- August 18 ...
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...after the markets closed, the company issued a press release announcing that its wholly-owned subsidiary, International Nanotechnology Corporation (INC) has ...
Source: PrimeZone (press release)

How to Assemble Building Blocks for Nanotechnology
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...in programmed ways. This method could be used to fabricate new materials and devices for nanotechnology. Using computer simulation ...
Source: Newswise (press release)

Institutions to develop medical uses of nanotechnology
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: HOUSTON -- Some universities in Houston and groups at Texas Medical Center will share a $2.8 million federal grant for nanotechnology. ...
Source: News 8 Austin,

Business India > German nanotech firm to open centres in India:
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: A German nanotechnology firm Wednesday announced plans to open information centres in major Indian metros for the hottest emerging technology. ...
Source: New Kerala

Investment Bugs Catching Nanotechnology Fever
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: MARKET WIRE) -- 08/18/2004 -- AXcess News (www.axcessnews.com) released a story covering the wave of investor interest in the nanotechnology research sector ...
Source: Market Wire (press release)

Institutions to develop medical uses of nanotechnology
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: HOUSTON Some universities in Houston and groups at Texas Medical Center will share a two-point-eight (M) million dollar federal grant for nanotechnology. ...
Source: KLTV,

White House Touts High-End Computing In R&D Budgets
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: Oct. 1, 2005. The administration also calls for more coordinated investment among agencies in nanotechnology R&D. The administration ...
Source: Information Week

MRAM: The Holy Grail of Memory
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: Investors are excited by the company's "spintronics" nanotechnology used for Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) -- the so-called "holy grail" of ...
Source: Motley Fool

Govt To Commercialise Nanotechnology Products
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: NEW DELHI: The government is planning to put commercialisation of nanotechnology—one of the promising areas for future growth—on the fast track. ...
Source: Financial Express,

Institutions to develop medical uses of nanotechnology
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...major universities and institutions at the famed Texas Medical Center has begun staking a claim in the relatively uncharted world of nanotechnology with a $2.8 ...
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription),

Nanosys Awarded US Defense Department Contract to Develop Flexible ...
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: The approved program will focus on the development of nanotechnology based high efficiency flexible solar cells that are light-weight and low-cost to provide ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Nanostorage Market to Reach $65.7 Billion by 2011
Date: 18-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...engineered information storage devices will be worth $65.7 billion, according to a new report from NanoMarkets, LC, a leading nanotechnology industry analysis ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

DARPA Gives $10 Million to Nanotechnology Firm
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $10.3 million to Nanosolar Inc. to continue its development of solar electricity cells. ...
Source: TechWeb

EV GROUP OPENS NEXT CUSTOMER CENTER IN JAPAN
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...release. EV Group said the location provides opportunities to expand its customer base and join R&D efforts in MEMS and nanotechnology. ...
Source: Small Times

Nanomix Awarded National Science Foundation Grant for Breakthrough ...
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nanomix Inc., a leading nanotechnology company which is commercializing a line of nanoelectronic sensors for industrial and ...
Source: PR Newswire (press release)

The Nanotechnology Report 2004 Features New Investment Strategies ...
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology, the manipulation and control of matter at the molecular level, has widely been recognized as critical for the future of economic and regional ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

TechBrief: Google IPO on deck
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH UP: Worldwide research and development spending on nanotechnology will rise about 10 percent this year, to $8.6 billion, according to a ...
Source: International Herald Tribune

Indian industry urged to invest in nanotechnology
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: Speakers at a session on 'Nanotechnology-an enabling technology for industry' organised by CII (eastern region) on Tuesday were of the opinion that in India ...
Source: Hindustan Times,

tinytechjobs Expands its Network of Nanotechnology-Related Job ...
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: 17, 2004--tinytechjobs, a career web site focused on jobs in nanotechnology, microtechnology, biotechnology, and information technology, announced today that ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Biophan and NASA Ames Research Center for Nanotechnology Announce ...
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...medical devices. Research will be conducted at the NASA Ames Research Center for Nanotechnology in Moffett Field, CA. Successful ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Gemz Corp. Signs Definitive Agreement with Terra Solar Subsidiary ...
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: 17, 2004--GEMZ Corp., (OTC: GMZP - News) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, International Nanotechnology Corporation (INC) has signed a ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

EV Group Opens Second Customer-Support Center in Japan
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...which presents EV Group with opportunities to expand our customer base and participate in the significant R&D efforts underway in SOI, MEMs and nanotechnology ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Renowned Fullerene Scientist Joins Luna Innovations; Dr. Stephen R ...
Date: 17-Aug-04
Excerpt: A founder and former Chief Scientific Officer with Houston-based C Sixty Inc., a bio-nanotechnology company focusing on medical uses of fullerene antioxidants ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Nanotechnology research to get big cash injection
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: SAN FRANCISCO— Worldwide research and development spending in the emerging field of nanotechnology should rise about 10 per cent this year to $8.6 billion (US ...
Source: Toronto Star,

Nanotech research spending seen reaching $US8.6b
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: SAN FRANCISCO: Worldwide research and development spending in the emerging field of nanotechnology should rise about 10 per cent this year to $US8.6 billion, a ...
Source: Stuff.co.nz

Spending on Nanotechnology to Top $8.6 Billion in 2004
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: According to a recently published report from Lux Research, global spending on nanotechnology research will top $8/6 billion. Meanwhile ...
Source: AZoNano.com,

Experts Available to Discuss Increased Spending for Nanotechnology
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...for Nanosphere, an exciting Chicago-based life sciences company and one of the first to successfully deliver on the promise of using nanotechnology to improve ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Successful Debut of Nansulate(TM) Liquid Applied Insulation and ...
Date: 16-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...(http://www.industrial-nanotech.com), the nanotechnology company that created ... First, we are dealing with nanotechnology, new applications for new materials. ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

Nanotech funding to grow to $8.6 billion
Date: 15-Aug-04
Excerpt: Corporations, governments, universities and others will spend an estimated $8.6 billion on nanotechnology research and development in 2004, and a growing ...
Source: ZDNet.com

Nanoforum Host Online Survey on European Nanotechnology Strategy
Date: 15-Aug-04
Excerpt: The Nanoforum consortium has launched an online survey on the Communication "Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology" published recently by the European ...
Source: AZoNano.com,

Nanotechnology-based memory chip and disk drive solutions Analysed
Date: 14-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...(PRWEB) August 14, 2004 -- Research and Markets announces the addition of this new report entitled "Nanostorage: The Impact of Nanotechnology on Memory, Disk ...
Source: PR Web (press release),

Nanotech Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Discs
Date: 14-Aug-04
Excerpt: Have you ever dream of 100 terabyte of data per 3.5-inch disk? A new patented innovation nanotechnology from Colossal Storage Corporation, makes it real. ...
Source: Digital Silence

Nanotechnology of carbon and related materials
Date: 13-Aug-04
Excerpt: This century has started with an increasing interest in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The idea of creating novel functional materials ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH RECEIVES A BIG BOOST IN FEDERAL FUNDING
Date: 13-Aug-04
Excerpt: Friedrich's research in nanotechnology could also have implications beyond the military. "This is clearly critically needed research ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

Researching the weapons of the future: ‘micro-fusion’ weapons
Date: 13-Aug-04
Excerpt: Advances in nanotechnology, genetics and nuclear isomers are permitting the production of a new generation of weapons intended to maintain future US military ...
Source: Jane's (subscription)

Now, nanotechnology to help surf the Internet 100 times faster!
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have claimed that in the future nanotechnology could be used to surf on the Internet through light. ...
Source: Webindia123.com,

Nanotechnology to supercharge internet - Network could operate 100 ...
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: Canadian researchers have shown that nanotechnology can be used to pave the way to a supercharged Internet based entirely on light. ...
Source: Space Ref

Nanotechnology Discovery to Make Internet 1000 Times Faster
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: Until now, engineering researchers have been unable to capitalize on theoreticians' predictions of the power of light to control light. ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

Nanotechnology to supercharge internet
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: Canadian researchers have shown that nanotechnology can be used to pave the way to a supercharged Internet based entirely on light. ...
Source: Innovations-Report,

Nanotechnology to supercharge internet
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: Canadian researchers have shown that nanotechnology can be used to pave the way to a supercharged Internet based entirely on light. ...
Source: EurekAlert

Genetic material could help nanotechnology: research
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: The genetic building blocks that form the basis for life may also be used to build the tiny machines of nanotechnology, according to United States researchers. ...
Source: ABC Online,

Now, nanotechnology to help surf the Internet 100 times faster! :
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have claimed that in the future nanotechnology could be used to surf on the Internet through light. ...
Source: 123Bharath.com

Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch ...
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...disk? New patented innovation nanotechnology from Michael E. Thomas, president of Colossal Storage Corporation, makes it real. Michael ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

Nanotechnology discovery could lead to a network 100 times faster ...
Date: 12-Aug-04
Excerpt: ..."This finding showcases the power of nanotechnology: to design and create purpose-built custom materials from the molecule up," says Sargent, a professor at U ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch ...
Date: 11-Aug-04
Excerpt: Atomic Holographic Nanotechnology will allow for the first time a functional method for programmable molecular lenses that will allow incoming light to be ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

Helmholtz Association Awards Erwin Schrödinger Prize to ...
Date: 11-Aug-04
Excerpt: Research, awarded by the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres, will go to a research team from the Institute of Nanotechnology of the ...
Source: Azom.com

GEMZ Corp. says Independent Research Estimates Global ...
Date: 11-Aug-04
Excerpt: Comparing nanotechnology to other key emerging technologies, the global nanotechnology market, at about $7 billion in 2002, was roughly comparable in size to ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

Wall Street News Alert -- US Hot Stock Highlights -- August 10 ...
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...recharged. This is the initial focus of International Nanotechnology Corporation (INC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of GEMZ Corporation. ...
Source: PrimeZone (press release)

Two Fundamental Nanotechnology Problems Solved
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...worldwide in recent years: they have developed a long sought-after method for the separation of tiny carbon tubes which play an important role in nanotechnology ...
Source: PhysOrg.com,

TECH TICKER
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology specialist Nanosys named Peter S. Garcia chief financial officer Monday, a week after the company canceled a widely watched bid to raise about ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News (subscription)

Technology gets put under the microscope
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...• Panel discussion on "Nanotechnology and Biotechnology in Idaho and the Boise Metro area." Panel features Paul Kearns, INEEL Laboratory Director; Cheryl ...
Source: IdahoStatesman.com

Nanotech Needs More Baking
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: The $100 million offering was supposed to do for the nascent nanotechnology industry what Netscape did for the Internet: announce its arrival to the world. ...
Source: UK Business 2.0 (subscription)

Schwabe launches Pacific Northwest’s first Nanotechnology ...
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...and Wyatt, PC, one of the region’s most respected multi-service law firms, launched the Pacific Northwest’s first Nanotechnology and Microtechnology ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

Nanotechnology Market and Company Report 2003
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: Research and Markets has announced the addition of Nanotechnology Market and Company Report 2003 to their offering. The currently ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology Market and Company Report ...
Date: 10-Aug-04
Excerpt: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Nanotechnology Market and Company Report 2003 to their offering. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release),

MRG and Fuji-Keizai USA Release US Nanotechnology Research ...
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: Leading industry researchers MRG and Fuji-Keizai USA published a comprehensive guide to US nanotechnology market opportunities, vendors, technology strategies ...
Source: Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter (press release),

Nanotechnology under the spotlight
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology can best be considered as a catch-all description of activities at the level of atoms and molecules that have applications in the real world. ...
Source: News Wales,

European Commission Launches Open Consultation on Nanotechnology
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: The European Commission has launched a wide public consultation on the future of nanotechnology in Europe, following its Communication Towards a European ...
Source: AZoNano.com,

The American National Standards Institute Forms Nanotechnology ...
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: The American National Standards Institute announced today the formation of the Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP), a new coordinating body for the ...
Source: Azom.com

India News > Report advises caution over nanotech use:
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: Nanotechnology that ignited sci-fi brains to conjure up nanobots -- tiny self-evolving robots that turn the living planet into a 'grey goo' -- needs to be ...
Source: New Kerala

Nanotechnology-Based Solid Lubricant NanoLub Shows Promising ...
Date: 9-Aug-04
Excerpt: ApNano Materials Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that its proprietary product NanoLub, the world’s first commercial ...
Source: Nanotechwire.com (press release),

ANSI Establishes Nanotechnology Standards Panel
Date: 8-Aug-04
Excerpt: The American National Standards Institute announced today the formation of the Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP), a new coordinating body for the ...
Source: ScienceBlog.com

Small is not always beautiful
Date: 8-Aug-04
Excerpt: Britain's main scientific body has confirmed that there are reasons to be cautious about the potential dangers of 'nanotechnology' — the use of ultra-small ...
Source: Independent Online

GEMZ Corp. Reports MIT's Technology Review Focuses on Solar ...
Date: 6-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...recharged. This is the initial focus of International Nanotechnology Corporation (INC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of GEMZ Corp. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Nanotechnology startup cancels $100 million IPO
Date: 5-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...of nanometer-scale structures composed of chemically and biologically sensitive materials, and widely seen as the poster-child of the nanotechnology boom, has ...
Source: Semiconductor Business News

Two Crucial Questions About Nanotechnology Lev Navrozov
Date: 5-Aug-04
Excerpt: ...or so. In contrast to nuclear physics, molecular nanotechnology is not in the school curricula of any country (except China). But ...
Source: NewsMax.com

Physics World Digest August 2004: Eye surgery sharpens up
Date: 5-Aug-04
Excerpt: Following last week's report from the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering into nanotechnology, Physics World publishes the views of two ...
Source: EurekAlert

ANSI Establishes Nanotechnology Standards Panel
Date: 5-Aug-04
Excerpt: 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The American National Standards Institute announced today the formation of the Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP), a new coordinating ...
Source: Yahoo News (press release)

“NanoClarity" Launched - A New Monthly Nanotechnology Newsletter ...
Date: 4-Aug-04
Excerpt: Distributed to subscribers over the Internet, NanoClarity uniquely clarifies , in understandable language, nanotechnology’s current state, meaning and worth. ...
Source: PR Web (press release)

Commission launches an open consultation on nanotechnology
Date: 4-Aug-04
Excerpt: The Commission has launched an open consultation shaping future initiatives in Europe in the field of nanotechnology. It is perceived ...
Source: EurActiv.com

“NanoClarity" Launched - A New Monthly Nanotechnology Newsletter ...
Date: 4-Aug-04
Excerpt: Distributed to subscribers over the Internet, NanoClarity uniquely clarifies , in understandable language, nanotechnology’s current state, meaning and worth. ...
Source: Emediawire (press release)

Nanotechnology Think Tank Appoints Scott Mize President; Foresight ...
Date: 4-Aug-04
Excerpt: Mize was co-founder of AngstroVision, Inc., a developer of nano-imaging instruments, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report(TM ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

Nanotech Website Chooses Phaze-9 to Promote Awareness of the ...
Date: 3-Aug-04
Excerpt: NanoBillboard.com, a nanotechnology news site committed to enhancing the speed, quality, and accessibility of nanotech-related information and contacts, has ...
Source: PR Web (press release)

Nanotechnology big shots coming to Cleveland
Date: 3-Aug-04
Excerpt: 25-29, the week will allow people from different disciplines to explore various aspects of nanotechnology, which involves manipulating matter at a molecular ...
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer (subscription)

R&D eyes novel, nonvolatile memories at nanoscale
Date: 2-Aug-04
Excerpt: Hancock, NH - Nanotechnology has the ability to yield a memory chip technology that could replace everything from magnetic disks to DRAMs-at least in theory. ...
Source: Semiconductor Business News

EU consults on its European nanotechnology strategy
Date: 2-Aug-04
Excerpt: The European Commission is launching a wide consultation on its approach moving towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology. ...
Source: PublicTechnology.net

Tegal Corporation Announces Schedule for First Quarter Fiscal Year ...
Date: 2-Aug-04
Excerpt: TGAL), a leading designer and manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition systems used in the production of integrated circuits and nanotechnology devices, will ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

From Science Fiction to Reality: Nanomedicine Brings Fresh Hope to ...
Date: 2-Aug-04
Excerpt: Therefore, there is an urgent need for standardized manufacturing techniques; only then can nanotechnology become ubiquitous in everyday applications. ...
Source: Business Wire (press release)

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Nanotechnology comprises technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. (One nanometer equals one thousandth of a micrometer or one millionth of a millimeter.) The term has sometimes been applied to microscopic technology. This article discusses nanotechnology, nanoscience, and hypothetical molecular nanotechnology.

The term nanotechnology is sometimes conflated with molecular nanotechnology (also known as "MNT"), a hypothetical, advanced form of nanotechnology believed by some to be achievable at some point in the future, based on productive nanosystems. Molecular nanotechnology would fabricate precise structures using mechanosynthesis to perform molecular manufacturing. The hypothetical molecular nanotechnology, though not yet existent, is posited by its proponents to have a great impact on society if realized. Current debate on whether molecular nanotechnology is likely to be developed can be seen on the web at the weblog of Richard Jones and other sites mentioned therein.

More broadly, nanotechnology includes the many techniques used to create structures at a size scale below 100 nm, including those used for fabrication of nanotubes and nanowires, those used in semiconductor fabrication such as deep ultraviolet lithography, electron beam lithography, focused ion beam machining, atomic layer deposition, and molecular vapor deposition, and further including molecular self-assembly techniques such as those employing di-block copolymers.

The term nanoscience is used to describe the interdisciplinary fields of science devoted to the study of nanoscale phenomena employed in nanotechnology. This is the world of atoms, molecules, macromolecules, quantum dots, and macromolecular assemblies, and is dominated by surface effects such as Van der Waals force attraction, hydrogen bonding, electronic charge, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, and quantum mechanical tunneling, to the virtual exclusion of macro-scale effects such as turbulence and inertia.

The size scale of nanoscience and nanotechnology make them susceptible to quantum-based phenomena, leading to often counterintuitive results. Furthermore, the vastly increased ratio of surface area to volume opens new possibilities in surface-based science, such as catalysis.

Nanotechnology is already having a considerable impact on the field of electronics, where the drive towards miniaturization continues and transistor gate lengths of 65 nm are routinely fabricated in prototype circuits. The device density of modern computer electronics (i.e. the number of transistors per unit area) has grown exponentially, and this trend is expected to continue for some time (see Moore's law). However, both economics and fundamental electronic limitations prevent this trend from continuing indefinitely. Some see further development of nanotechnology outside of the semiconductor roadmap, and the hoped-for advent of molecular nanotechnology, as the next logical steps for continued advances in computer architecture, while others are less sanguine.




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